JUPITER CONJUNCTS SATURN:
On Monday December 21st at 1:21 P.M. EST this most important and radical aspect will complete. Many astrologers are writing about this, and it’s worth paying attention to. This once every 20 year aspect is a crossroads in our society. When it occurs the culture is often at a place of change and a time when we must make some vital decisions about the direction we are heading. Jupiter wants to expand without limits. Saturn is all about restrictions and sets the boundaries in all things. When these two energies work well together we can accomplish almost anything. Controlled and focused growth can be like a laser, aimed at a single point and concentrating all the energy into a useful power. Sometimes this combination will create a tug-of-war between expansion and contraction, and if it isn’t used in a balanced manner it can create an accordion effect where we expand and then collapse over and over again. Slow and steady is the way to use this combination most successfully. Will we use it properly on a collective level? Who knows? Only time will tell how well we have progressed forward. We are in a new era, as we know, with a new administration about to take power and a more progressive attitude on the horizon. Will it be everything you had hoped for? I doubt it. When is life ever everything you wish? But it certainly is a time of change and of hope.
Many astrologers know about the 20 year curse that this conjunct implies. From 1840 – 1960 the seven presidents that have been elected on each of those 20 year cycles has died in office. Zachary Taylor also died in office, but he wasn’t elected on the 20 year cycle. Each of those years this conjunct occurred in an earth sign. In 1980 Raegan was elected, but he didn’t die in office. That year the conjunct happened in Libra, an air sign. Raegan was shot in the shoulder, which is ruled by Gemini, an air sign. In 2000 that conjunct returned to an earth sign, Taurus, but G.W. Bush was not assassinated (unless they found a double to complete his term. Lol). So has the curse been upended? Or do we have reason to fret over the safety of our elected leader? Certainly the circumstances our national division has created in gives us reason to worry. But I don’t believe that astrological configuration necessarily repeats the events that occurred in the past. So I’m hopeful that we will not have to contend with a national catastrophe that would occur under those conditions.
In our personal lives this conjunct will have a very powerful effect as it forces us all to examine just how we are using our expansive powers and our realistic approach to growth. Where is this conjunct hitting your chart, and what are the aspects it is creating to your natal planets? That is a most important question you need to ask in order to make use of this very meaningful and opportunistic alignment. Be realistic about your plans but be bold and daring, too. Faint of heart never won much success, in career or love. So take a stand and make your mark on the world. This conjunct is offering us all a valuable lesson. Learn it.